Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general ...

A mysterious Egyptian mummy, ‘Bashiri,’ was discovered in 1919 near Luxor, and no one had ever dared to open its contents for ...

The mummy was discovered in 1919, is covered with bandages that mimic the Pyramids of Giza, and remains in the Egyptian ...

No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

Learn more about the mysterious Bashiri Mummy and how it remained untouched for all these years.

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that mimicked these diagnoses, researchers have concluded, settling a four-year ...

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright ...

A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

The extraordinary care with which that Bashiri mummy was wrapped suggests this person was also of great importance in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the corpse remains unknown ...